Rooms For Creative People

Offering friendly, comfortable and affordable rooms for creative people to hire for music teaching & practice, book clubs, talking therapists, writing groups or meetings…

Testimonials - Rod

  • "I can't explain the difference in feel, sound and general good energy playing now..I really do appreciate Rod's calm and honest approach.. I think today is the first day I've enjoyed playing the instrument for a long time!"

    — London freelance musician, UK

  • " really appreciate Roderick's patience and dedication and how far I've come since I started working with him..I'm having a lot more fun playing.. Roderick is an amazing teacher!"

    — Henrik Heide, Associate Principal Flute of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

  • "A fantastic player and teacher. Very patient and knowledgeable. If you want to make progress with your playing and achieve the sound you've always dreamt of I would highly recommend giving him a try!"

    — Caroline, UK

  • "Rod is an excellent teacher - he's able to identify in detail what's holding back your playing and work with you to improve it. He's got a supportive and fun vibe when teaching. I'm making a much better sound and am able to play more expressively since I've been learning with him."

    — Tandy, UK

  • "As a teacher, Roderick gets right to the middle of any problem, whether technical or musical, and knows just how to work on it. He is kind, patient, generous of spirit and always works on building you up. In the year I have been having lessons with Rod I have learned so much and my playing has been transformed. I understand things now that I have never understood before. My only regret is that I didn't start having lessons with him ages ago."

    — Hazel, UK

  • "Roderick possesses an encyclopaedic command of how the flute functions as an instrument and the techniques for exploiting its richness and expressivity, as his book ‘Mastering the Flute with William Bennett’ clearly demonstrates.  As a teacher and player, Roderick imparts his knowledge and experience calmly, encouraging the student to think about how best to communicate the musicality of pieces of the repertoire under study through the development of tone and technique, sensitively drawing out from the student the very best possible performance he/she is capable of and encouraging the development of an individual voice as a flute player.  A polished performer and sympathetic, inspirational teacher, such as Roderick, is a rare breed indeed!"

    — David, UK